Ironing-board.



J. DIONNE.

IRONING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILE-D FEB. 3. 1913.

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Application filed. February 3. 1913.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Josnrr-r DIONNE, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Fall River, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in TroningBoards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ironing boards.

An object of this invention is to provide novel means for clamping an ironing board to a ledge of'a table, means being also provided for supporting the end of the ironing board remote from the table in a novel manner to insure the stability of the said ironing board while it is in use.

A further object of this invention is to provide an ironing board proper having novel means for adjustably attaching the leg or support of the ironing board thereto, thereby making it adaptable to tables of different heights and the support for the outer end thereof being adjustable to compensate for the adjustment of the leg.

A still further object of this invention is to produce an ironing board having a clamping member, an adjustable leg associated therewith, novel means for effecting an adjustment of the leg with respect to the clamping member, means being also provided, as stated, for the adjustment of a support for the outer end of the said ironing board proper.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 illustrates a longitudinal sectional view of an ironing board proper showing the support thereof in elevation; Fig. 2 illustrates an underneath plan view; Fig. 3 illustrates a detail view of the brace or prop Fig. 4 illustrates a longitudinal sectional view of the head having the clamp thereon; Fig. 5 illustrates a top plan View thereof; and Fig. 6 illustrates a detail plan view of the leg.

Tn these drawings 1 denotes the ironing board proper having n securing plate 2 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

Serial No. 746,001.

thereon provided with a channel for the reception of the head of the prop or brace 3, the said prop or brace 3 being approximately T-shaped so that the head thereof rests in a recess formed by bending the plate 2 as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The ironing board proper is supported by a leg 4 provided with an aperture 5 for the reception of a bolt 5 the said bolt having a wing nut 5 which bears against a plate 6 on the bolt 5 and adapted to engage the brace 3 for binding it against the plate 5 which is likewise on the bolt 5 By reason of the presence of the wing nut 5, the brace may be released for the purpose of adjustment and when the proper adjustment has been attained, the said wing nut is caused to engage the clamping member 6 to bind the brace against the clamping plate 5, thereby holding the said brace in adjusted position.

The wing nut 7 is threaded on a bolt 7 which passes through an aperture in the head 8 and the said head 8 is connected to the ironing board proper 1 through the medium of the plates 9 and the pintle 10. The head 8 comprises two parallel side plates connected by webs 12, 13, 14 and 15, the latter of which also f o rms a jaw 16, to be presently explained. The web 12 is apertured to receive the bolt 7* and the leg 4 is provided with a slot 17 intended to receive the bolt 7, it being understood that the leg is inserted between the side plates of the head and is adjustable therein, as the slot 1'? in said leg a'permits its movement with relation to the bolt 7 There is a washer 18 on the bolt 7 which is forced into frictional contact with the leg by the wing nut 7 for the purpose of holding the leg in different positions of adjustment.

The plates 9 are recessed to form seats for the pintle 10, which pintle is held therein. The end of the ironing board which is intended to engage the table or support is pro vided with a longitudinally disposed slot 19 in which the head is pivoted so that the jaw 16 may rise above the upper surface of the ironing board proper and be moved with relation thereto so as to clamp the top 20 of a table 21 between the said jaw and the ironing board proper, it being understood that the lower end of the leg 4C is to rest on the floor to act as a support for the ironing board proper. Owing to the factthat provision is made for adjusting the brace 3 with relation to the leg 4, it follows that by releasing the said brace by manipulating the nut 5, the leg may be free to move until the clamp is operated, after which the clamping plates 6 and 5 may be forced into frictional contact with the brace.

The side plates forming the head have apertured lugs 20 which receive the pintle 10 by which the said head is pivotally mounted on the ironing board in order that it may be free to swing from a position approximately parallel with the ironing board to positions at angles thereto according to the requirements in practice. The fact that the apertured lugs extend above the side plates of the head germit the leg to assume a plane parallel or approximately parallel with the ironing board.

It Will be observed that the leg may be moved to cause the head 8 to swing on the pivot or pintle 10 and that by releasing the pressure of the Washer 18 on the said leg, it may be moved longitudinally for the purpose of acquiring the proper length to support the ironing board proper in a horizontal position.

I claim An ironing board comprising a board proper having a slot disposed adjacent one edge thereof, plates secured to the under side of the board, a legfor supporting the board, said leg being held between the walls of the slot, a jaw having a hollow portion, pivoted to the plates, said hollow portion adapted to receive one end of the leg for providing an adjustable connection therebetween, means carried by the hollow portion of the jaw for rigidly securing the leg in its positions of adjustment, a brace having one end pivotally secured to the under side of the board, and a clamp on the leg for receiving the opposite end of the brace for rigidly securing the same to the leg, for supporting the outer end of the board proper.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aliix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH DIONNE.

Witnesses AnELAnD BENAUD, RAoUL RENAUD.

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